Podcasts: Curious Ears
Musicians from different cultures give a highly personal introduction to the music that is closest to their heart.
Concert Season
Gaudeamus 2021 will take place from 8 to 12 September. Check out the first concerts from the programme as well as some preceding concerts of concert season 20/21:
T R O M P O – Virtual concert
T R O M P O is a new music ensemble dedicated to the performance of the music of now. In their virtual concert for Gaudeamus, they play pieces by Remy Alexander, Fabián Roa and Laura Nygren.
Gaudeamus Sessies #24
During our irregular Sessions, Gaudeamus presents previews, try-outs and work-in-progress sessions of young ensembles and talented composers.
Ralph van Raat – Techno Etudes I & II
This solo piano concerto by master pianist Ralph van Raat features music that was written a year ago for our anniversary, but there are also pieces that benefited from a year of contemplation.
Ensemble Klang & Igor C. Silva – Follow
WITH STEPHANIE PAN, LIBRETTO AARON LANDSMAN
Composer Igor C. Silva and writer Aaron Landsman explore the unreliable language of truth in Follow, a multi-layered work involving video and electronics performed by Stephanie Pan and Ensemble Klang.
Zöllner-Roche Duo – Silience
Music that Award nominees Annika Socolofsky and Matthew Ricketts wrote for accordion/clarinet duo Zöllner-Roche.
Asko|Schönberg – The Light of Lesser Days
NEW OPERA BY OSCAR BETTISON MET KATRIEN BAERTS AND BARBARA KOZELJ CONDUCTED BY CLARK RUNDELL
Two singers, locked in a bare room with only a 19th-century handbook of colours in nature to inspire their imagination, are accompanied by an ensemble that forms a duo with an electronic copy of itself.
Asko|Schönberg – Late night
WITH CLARK RUNDELL, HERMINE DEURLOO, BARBARA KOZELJ, JOSEPH PUGLIA
In this concert, Asko|Schönberg, the leading Dutch ensemble for new music, will be playing brand-new music by Award-nominated Gen Tanaka and Annika Socolofsky.
Arthur Wagenaar & Guido van Hout – Sounds Like Juggling
IN COOPERATION WITH TWEETAKT
Composer Arthur Wagenaar and juggler Guido van Hout join forces for a fantastic circus of movement and sound, where the rules of the game are constantly changing and nothing is impossible.
Arthur Wagenaar & Guido van Hout – Sounds Like Juggling
IN COOPERATION WITH TWEETAKT
Composer Arthur Wagenaar and juggler Guido van Hout join forces for a fantastic circus of movement and sound, where the rules of the game are constantly changing and nothing is impossible.
VONK – Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
Music that Award nominees Jenny Beck and Gen Tanaka wrote for ensemble VONK.
Arthur Wagenaar & Guido van Hout – Sounds Like Juggling
IN COOPERATION WITH TWEETAKT
Composer Arthur Wagenaar and juggler Guido van Hout join forces for a fantastic circus of movement and sound, where the rules of the game are constantly changing and nothing is impossible.
New European Ensemble – Stargazers
WITH CHRISTIE FINN
Works by three nominees for the Gaudeamus Award - Jenny Beck, Annika Socolofsky and Matthew Ricketts – and by French composer Augustin Braud.
Club Fluxus: Pentacle Surround Sound
AKIM MOISEENKOV + ANNELIE KONING, GERJAN PIKSEN, JEROEN CALLAARS
In The Pentacle, a 15.3 Surround Sound System invented by Fedde ten Berge, artistic coordinator of STEIM, you are embraced by sound.
BUI – Listening route along the Nijverheidskade
IN SITU/CITY PROJECT
The young Utrecht ensemble BUI ('Promoting Utrecht Improvisation') creates multidisciplinary art that responds to the environment, the audience and the moment.
Arthur Wagenaar & Guido van Hout – Sounds Like Juggling
IN COOPERATION WITH TWEETAKT
Composer Arthur Wagenaar and juggler Guido van Hout join forces for a fantastic circus of movement and sound, where the rules of the game are constantly changing and nothing is impossible.
BUI – Listening route along the Nijverheidskade
IN SITU/CITY PROJECT
The young Utrecht ensemble BUI ('Promoting Utrecht Improvisation') creates multidisciplinary art that responds to the environment, the audience and the moment.
Arthur Wagenaar & Guido van Hout – Sounds Like Juggling
IN COOPERATION WITH TWEETAKT
Composer Arthur Wagenaar and juggler Guido van Hout join forces for a fantastic circus of movement and sound, where the rules of the game are constantly changing and nothing is impossible.
BUI – Listening route along the Nijverheidskade
IN SITU/CITY PROJECT
The young Utrecht ensemble BUI ('Promoting Utrecht Improvisation') creates multidisciplinary art that responds to the environment, the audience and the moment.
Gaudeamus Saturday Night 2021
START IN NICOLAIKERK
From psychedelic organ music and rowdy compositions to obstinate pop and experimental electronic music in surround sound.